I apologize----I feel as though I have been hiding; something I am often quite good at. But here I am, sharing my hidden self in this new painting (not quite new. I started it last year, but it has taken me this long to finish it). And I've even sent off this Solitary Pear below to the Art Division holiday fundraiser that they will be holding this November at the Art Division library in Los Angeles. There will be 200 framed drawings for sale for 200 dollars each. If you are a collector, or would like to become one, and are in the neighborhood, you should stop by and look. I would, if I could be there. But my pear must stand in for me, instead.